As a guy that sticks to trains, I think that split streaks and steel tips are the best, Woodcraft paint markers are nice too. for everything else, go with a sharpie magnum, theres no point in investing in "buff-proof fade-proof" ink, because it's going to fade, and it will be buffed.
I agree I use Illadel inks its the best leaves a nice ghost tag and holds up in the weather, uni px 30 are the shit and It's refillable. I had a krink once a K something the chisel tip one and the tags faded in a week so i dumped it and filled it with Illadel silver ink.
Heres a list of my favorites so far. Street bombing. Paperbombing. The poscas and one4all'z are almost the same but i think one4alls are a little bit better as they dont make those fucking puddles when you pump em
Broad tip pilots ARE great. krink - not bad, but too expensive. grog - pretty shitty for the most part. but i like the metal heads. junobo - sucks. the scrawlers were decent but sakura and markals ftw otr - id stay away from the paint markers, cold sweat is prob my fav. i have heard the stainless is cool too but have never seen it in use. molotow - the burners are pretty good, not a big fan of the paint markers but they are ok. the masterpeice marker is pretty neat. but kind of a hassle to carry around due to its size. but the ink (coversall or speedflow) are both great inks. dalos - very good pentel shortys - just fair sakuras and markals - both very good. flourescent colors will fade to white in about a week with the sakuras. i personally like the markals better. uni paints - very good, but they short change you on ink magnums - why use these when you can use pilots. smash markers - the KO's are really nice, and the steel blitz's are DOPE. The sluggers aren't as great unfortunately but i heard they made a new formula so maybe they are better now... markwells - havn't had much experience with these, but they were ok. marsh 88 - good ink, but not really worth it in the long run. basically a deco marsh 99 - probably one of my favorites. durable as fuck. soultip - only used the small one, but i liked it do em dirty mops - the black one is pretty nice. havn't used any other colors but ive heard good things. joysticks - the paint-pump markers suck. but i have heard the mops are much better. ironlak markers - only used white but it wasnt bad. MTN 94 marker - cool colors but id probably use molotow over these. illadell - all the illadell shit is sick. pentel prestos - pretty good, and cant beat the price (free) poscas - i actually kind of like these for some odd reason. silver/gold pilots - these are tight too. gotta flair the nibs out before you juice it up though. NYC mop - never used the "real" thing but was not a big fan. just my 2 cents haha
STREET: OTR COLD SWEAT or FLOW PEN. KRINK SQUEEZE PAPER: SHARPIE KING MARKER SHARPIE PAINT MARKER DECO COLORS PRISMA.
street.. edding 850 otr mini hard to buff pen otr flow pen kiwi getto mop otr streetpaiter (i dont like it that mutch tho the paint is no good) papper.... sharpies graffx (for outline) uni paints 12 pack
by far the best cheapest more efficient way of getting markers is going and buying empty ones and some replacements nibs then purchasing some grog, it'll last you a while if you dont bomb that much. i dont know if im aloud to say this but art primo and ********* has some basic no brand mops and replacement nibs for cheap
but if you wanna make them then bingo daubers are the EXACT same thing as a mop just with shitty ink so you gotta make your own or buy some